The mayor of the Ohio city at the center of a firestorm over immigration says that his town needs help — not the hate that has been stirred by politicians and extremists. “We are hurting,” the mayor of Springfield, Rob Rue, said in an interview with The New York Times on Thursday. The tensions over the growing Haitian population in Springfield exploded this week after former President Donald Trump used the presidential debate to spread debunked rumors that Haitians were stealing pets and eating them.
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After Bomb Threats and Political Vitriol, Ohio Mayor Says Enough
The mayor of the Ohio city at the center of a firestorm over immigration says that his town needs help — not the hate that has been stirred by politicians and extremists. “We are hurting,” the mayor of Springfield, Rob Rue, said in an interview with The New York Times on Thursday. The tensions...
